Funny thing is, the swastika was originally an Indian symbol, but Hitler
took it, and switched the 'hands' to face the other way(left) and
claimed it as his! :P



On (25 Aug 06) Cindy Haglund wrote to all...

 CH> The scary part is where it says how few people in India even KNOW who
 CH> HItler was....
 CH> ......................
 CH>
 CH>
 CH> India's Hitler-themed eatery to get new name
 CH> Restaurant named for Nazi leader meant to attract attention, says
 CH> owner
 CH> The Associated Press
 CH>
 CH>
 CH> Aug 24, 2006
 CH> BOMBAY, India - The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler
 CH> said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many
 CH> people.
 CH>
 CH> Puneet Sablok said he would remove Hitler's name and the Nazi swastika
 CH> from billboards and the menu. He had said the restaurant's name -
 CH> "Hitler's Cross" - and symbols were only meant to attract
attention.
 CH>
 CH> Sablok made the decision after meeting with members of Bombay's small
 CH> Jewish community.
 CH>
 CH> "Once they told me how upset they were with the name, I decided to
 CH> change it," he said. "I don't want to do business by
hurting people."
 CH>
 CH> Sablok said he had not yet decided on a new name.
 CH>
 CH> Hitler's Cross opened five days ago and serves pizza, salad and
 CH> pastries in Navi Mumbai, a suburb of Bombay, also known as Mumbai.
 CH>
 CH> On Thursday, Bombay's Jewish community welcomed Sablok's decision to
 CH> rename his restaurant.
 CH>
 CH> "He realized he made a mistake and listened to reason," said Elijah
 CH> Jacob, a community leader. "Some people have wrong conceptions of
 CH> history and he realized it was not appropriate."
 CH>
 CH> Bombay's Jews had called the theme of the restaurant offensive and
 CH> demanded a name change. There are about 5,500 Jews in India, with
 CH> about 4,500 of them living in Bombay.
 CH>
 CH> "I never wanted to hurt people's feelings," said Sablok.
 CH>
 CH> Some Indians regard Hitler as just another historical figure and have
 CH> little knowledge about the Holocaust, in which 6 million European Jews
 CH> were systematically killed during World War II.
 CH>
 CH> The swastika symbol, which was appropriated by the Nazis, was
 CH> originally an ancient Hindu symbol and it is displayed all over India
 CH> to bring luck.
 CH>
 CH> c 2006 The Associated Press
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